Saturday's Game At A Glance
• The Lindenwood men's basketball team starts a key home-and-home MIAA series on Saturday against Lincoln. The first leg of the matchup will take place in Jefferson City, Mo. at 3:30 p.m.
 
• Lindenwood enters this two-game stretch just one game behind Lincoln in the MIAA standings, as both teams are among a group of squads looking to finish in the top-eight in the conference. Lincoln is tied for seventh in the standings, while the Lions are in tenth-place.
 
• Lindenwood finished the non-conference portion of its schedule on Tuesday night with a 101-76 victory over Robert Morris-Peoria. The Lions, who went 11-2 in regular season non-conference games this year, scored their second-highest point total of the season.
 
• Lincoln snapped a three-game losing streak last Saturday with an 84-64 victory over Missouri Western. The Blue Tigers are now 14-9 overall and 7-7 in the MIAA.
 
• Lindenwood leads the all-time series with Lincoln by a 9-5 record. The Lions lead 6-2 since joining the MIAA, and they have a 7-3 mark all-time in games played in Jefferson City, Mo. Last season, the two teams split their regular season contests, with both teams winning on their home court.
 
Lindenwood Notes
• Lindenwood guaranteed that it will finish the season with a winning record after last Tuesday's win. The Lions have now had a winning season in ten out of the last 12 years.
 
• Head coach Lance Randall became just the third Lions head coach with a winning season in each of his first two seasons.
 
• Lindenwood has 17 victories this season, tying for the second-most for a Lions squad since they joined the MIAA in 2012-13. The most wins in that span is 19 set in 2012-13.
 
• The Lions are on pace to set a new single-season record for three-pointers made in a season. Lindenwood has made 234 this year, which is 54 behind the record of 288, set in 2000-01. The Lions are second in the MIAA with 8.7 three-pointers a game.
 
• Lindenwood is 3-3 in MIAA road games this season, including three wins in its last four away contests. In those three victories, the Lions have held the other team under 70 points in regulation play.
 
• Over the last four games, the Lions have turned the ball over just 8.4 times a contest. It has not turned it over more than 14 times in ten games.
• Lindenwood is 9-0 this season when scoring 80 or more points, and 8-1 when shooting 50 percent or higher from the field.
 
• Jackson Price has hit 58 three-pointers this season, and is poised to move into Lindenwood's single-season list in that category. He needs three more to break into the school's top-10.
 
• Lindenwood has not had a freshman average double-figure points since Richard Rose in the 2007-08 season. Two freshmen are on pace to do it this year, as Dominique Dobbs is averaging 11.9 points a game, and Brenon Larson-Gulsvig is averaging 10.3 points a contest.
 
• Chandler Diekvoss has scored in double-figures for six straight games, his longest streak of the season. In those games, he is averaging 17.0 points a contest.
 
• Lindenwood has cracked the 100-point barrier twice this season. Dominique Dobbs put the Lions in triple digits the first time with a dunk with 5:09 remaining. Bryan Waithe hit the magic mark last Tuesday with a layup with 14 seconds remaining.
 
• Landon Mills is eight-for-eight from the field in the last two games, and is averaging 10 points a game in that span.
 
A Look At The Blue Tigers
• Lincoln enters Saturday's contest ranked fourth in the MIAA in scoring offense with 79.2 points a game. It ranks ninth in the conference by allowing 72.5 points a contest.
 
• Lincoln ranks second in the MIAA with a 3.70 turnover margin. The Blue Tigers force 15.6 turnovers a contest, the third-best mark among conference schools.
 
• The Blue Tigers have two players averaging over 20 points a game. Anthony Virdure is second in the conference with a 22.3 scoring average, and Jaylon Smith is fourth with 20.1 points a game.
 
• Jaylon Smith leads the team with 6.6 rebounds a contest, and Anthony Virdure is averaging 4.5 assists a game. Smith is also the team leader with 46 steals and 18 blocks.